Schwerin Sights

  1. Schwerin Cathedral

    Rising above the market square, Schwerin's 14th-century cathedral (Dom) is an impressive piece of north-German Gothic architecture - and locals love to point out that its tower (118m) is a whole 50cm taller than Rostock's Petrikirche! It offers stupendous city views.

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  2. Schwerin Schloss

    On an island in a lake, Schwerin's superb neo-Gothic schloss (palace or castle), once the royal seat of the dukes and now the seat of state parliament, is a fairy-tale confection of towers, turrets, domes and opulently furnished rooms.

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  3. State Art Museum

    Housed in a stately neoclassical building is one of Germany's most important art collections. Feast your eyes on Dutch masters from Rembrandt to Rubens, sculptures by Ernst Barlach, oils by Lucas Cranach the Elder, and the irreverent Marcel Duchamp collection.

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